you can get them from HOUSE.... that might be a better option (unless that particular francise is only in WA)... i have these silk reuseable teabags that are excellent... plus they only cost me 40c each... they are a little harder to come by, but if you want some, i might be able to track down a dozen or so and send them...

I freely admit that I was Very Very Drunk...."They speak of my drinking, but never consider my thirst."

I've emailed and called that tea place that Kev linked and the silence is deafening..... Pretty keen on a few tea balls and the idea of buying 100 tea bags to use for dry hopping in primary sound very cool too. I did just buy 2m of muslin cloth for cooking but see no reason why it cant be used for dry hopping?

I have been using pantyhose for this purpose too but never thought of adding marbles to make them sink to the bottom as i was always worried it might block the beer out tube...... I leave them to float on the top slowly infusing the beer with a wonderful aroma. I also can fit more in than the tea balls can handle.

I have dry hopped every single LCPA i have ever made, not sure why you even needed to ask mate?

Have tried dry hopping with cascade or chinook or both. Current batch has 25g of chinook swimming in the keg and tastes pretty bloody good. When the new tea balls arrive i will throw in some cascade as well. And dry hopping the JSGA is also a dead set winner. I just swapped a keg of that stuff over and the mate is in heaven.

As for the tea balls, Kev posted the link so thank him for that. Cheers Kev! But here it is again - Link

drsmurto wrote:I have dry hopped every single LCPA i have ever made, not sure why you even needed to ask mate?

Sorry, should have clarified...I dry hop mine in the fermenter that I rack into. Do you dry hop in the 19 Litre Keg in the fridge that has your gas and taps attached to

Reason I ask is that when I dry hop in the fermenter it goes in loose and generally floats on top with a few "bits" down the bottom.....but I have always been hesitant to hop in the corny keg as most people do not like floaties in their beer

Cheers

Boonie

A homebrew is like a fart, only the brewer thinks it's great.
Give me a flying headbutt.......

I dry hop in secondary, normally for somewhere between 4-7 days and then rack to a keg and throw the bag or tea ball of hops into the keg as well where it stays until i finish the keg. On a few occasions i have used a fresh batch of hops to dry hop in the keg and the aroma reaches out of the glass and slaps you around the face........

I had a look at the tea balls as suggested, ended up buying 2 @$10.20 each. They are ~ 75mm in dia and ~ 90-100mm deep, I have some old hops I forgot about, and I'll see how much they will hold when the hops swell up.